Remarks by Ralph Rodriguez
216 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 9
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“That's correct. So at this time, I'll go ahead and open it up for a public hearing at 825. Anybody wishing to come up to talk or discuss about tax rate? Going once, going twice. Having done, we'll close the public hearing at 825. Is there any other discussion items on setting the tax rate? Having done, may I entertain a motion?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So I have a motion made by Council Member Watson. Do I have a second?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, I have a second made by Council Member Davis. Can I get everybody to cast your votes? Can I get the votes published, please? Having four yeas, three nays, motion passes. Okay, moving on to ordinance 26-A-021, conduct a public hearing, consider a request for the voluntary annexation of approximately 10.7 acres of land located approximately 900 feet northwest of the intersection of FM 482 and Swab Road, more specifically known as Comel County, property identification number 56613, Comel County, Texas. With us, we have our senior planner, Daisy Marquez.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, at this time, I'll go ahead and open it up to a public hearing at 827. Anybody wishing to come up to speak on the ordinance 26-A-021? Going once, going twice. Close the public hearing at 8.28. Any other discussion items on ordinance 26A-021? Having none, can I entertain a motion?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. This time I'll open it up to residents of the public to be able to speak at eight 30. Anybody want to come and speak on. on ordinance 26-A-022. Going once, going twice. We'll go ahead and close the public hearing at 8.30 on ordinance 26-A-022. Any discussion by council? Having none, can I entertain a motion?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I have a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Watson, seconded by Council Member Sheridan. Can I get everybody to cast your votes? Can I get the votes published, please? Having seven yays, no nays, motion passes. All right, moving on to ordinance 26-S-023, conduct a public hearing, consider a request to rezone approximately 10.7 acres of land to public use district, also known as P-U-B. Northwest of F-482, Schwab Road, North Pacific County identification number 5613, Melville County, Texas.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Have anybody wanted to come up and speak on ordinance 26-S-023? Going once, going twice. Go ahead and close hearing of residents at 8.33. Is there any other discussions on this item? Haven't done. Can I get somebody to entertain a motion?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, I have a motion made by Council Member Westbrook, seconded by Council Member Dietz. Can I get everybody to cast your votes? May I get the votes published? Having seven yays, no nays, motion passes. Moving on to item 19, ordinance 26-S-024. back to public consider a request to zone approximately 019 because of land use district also known as P.U.B. 1-2-3-5-A way to be known as a portion of Barrett property identification number 308309 Barrett County Texas Senior Planner Daisy Marquez”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, this time I'll open it up for residents and the public to be able to speak at 837. Anyone want to come up and speak on ordinance 26-S-024? Going once, going twice. We'll close residents to be heard at 837. Is there any council member who wanted to discuss item 19 further? Having none, can I entertain a motion?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, at this time, I'll go ahead and open it up to residents and the public to be able to speak at 846. Yes.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Anybody else wishing to come up to speak? Going once, going twice. We'll go ahead and close residents and the public to speak at 8.47. Any discussions on item ordinance 26-S-030?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Any other discussion? Can I get anyone to entertain a motion?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“You'll make a motion? Of denial. Of denial? Second. Okay, so I have a motion made by Councilmember McAloosa for denial. I have a second motion by Mayor Pro Tem Watson. Can I get everybody to cast your vote? Okay, so the yes vote means you're denying it, correct? All right.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right, so we have six votes to deny the permit and one vote to approve the permit. So, Ordinance 26-S030 will be denied. Will be not approved. Okay, moving on to workshop. All right, we're gonna go ahead and move on to workshop on item 21. Workshop providing an update on unpaved surfaces. We have our senior planner, Daisy Marquez.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I kind of concur with everything that's been said by council because I too have been approached by a lot of the businesses and some of them are mom and pops and they simply cannot afford to make these changes that we're requiring them to make and then the length of time that it takes for them to be able to make it as well. But I do think because those businesses have been established, I would be in support of that. But I also think that we should give them notification that any improvements that they make, they would have to comply, you know, so that way they have that understanding up front…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, at the end of the day, these residents, they're providing jobs for people that live in our community, and they're also providing sales tax, which benefits our city greatly. So I'm in support of it.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Any questions on the third quarter of quarterly financials?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Have we no other questions? Thank you. Excuse me. We just had one more question.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Well, so with that, just for clarity, would SSLGVC, the Schertz-Sagin Local Government Corporation, would they be able back like in 2070, like 2070, 2080, would they be able to like reach out into Wilson County to do like do more wells if we needed more water?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, so I don't, I'm not saying let's set on the CCVLGC lease rights or anything like that. I'm not saying that at all. What I'm asking is, is the Scherzegin, yeah, local government corporation, are they able to expand to drill more wells as we need more water?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, and thank you for explaining that. So we have Council Member Sheridan.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026